Podcasting 101 by John Hendron
Goochland County Public Schools
A podcast is a subscription to online content that most often is in the form of a radio show. Any multimedia file can be a podcast, but audio, and to some degree, video, are the two most popular formats of multimedia that can be....podcast.
You can suscribe to newsfeeds with NetNews Wire, Safari 2, and iTunes.
How/Why for Podcasting in Education
How can I use this new technology for students?
First, podcasting is an easier way to get multimedia to students. If you have created content that you want to share, podcasting makes it easy to push-out content to students. They can download this content on their own over the Web by visiting your blog, or through a program like iTunes.
Teachers can use their computers to record themselves presenting information, and the audible nature of this content can help target students who are auditory learners.
The computer can be used to record students - students reading, presenting content, putting together mock radio shows - and this content can be shared online. By sharing authentic samples of student work, it offers them a likewise authentic audience. When students know there's an audience who can read/listen/hear/watch their efforts, we usually note an increased motivation level.
Video created with iMovie can be podcast or vodcast (video podcast) to parents and students at home. We have already seen some awesome examples of video journaling at Goochland Elementary. There, Carter Higgins and Tina McCay have used video to record students reading, presenting their favorite books and reporting on the progress of observable events in their classroom. Podcasting is a simple way to push this content out.
The content produced by children and teachers can now be easily shared through a subscription-based model. Podcasting endeavors by other students and teachers can be used as content sources for use within the classroom.
Goochland County Public Schools
A podcast is a subscription to online content that most often is in the form of a radio show. Any multimedia file can be a podcast, but audio, and to some degree, video, are the two most popular formats of multimedia that can be....podcast.
You can suscribe to newsfeeds with NetNews Wire, Safari 2, and iTunes.
How/Why for Podcasting in Education
How can I use this new technology for students?
First, podcasting is an easier way to get multimedia to students. If you have created content that you want to share, podcasting makes it easy to push-out content to students. They can download this content on their own over the Web by visiting your blog, or through a program like iTunes.
Teachers can use their computers to record themselves presenting information, and the audible nature of this content can help target students who are auditory learners.
The computer can be used to record students - students reading, presenting content, putting together mock radio shows - and this content can be shared online. By sharing authentic samples of student work, it offers them a likewise authentic audience. When students know there's an audience who can read/listen/hear/watch their efforts, we usually note an increased motivation level.
Video created with iMovie can be podcast or vodcast (video podcast) to parents and students at home. We have already seen some awesome examples of video journaling at Goochland Elementary. There, Carter Higgins and Tina McCay have used video to record students reading, presenting their favorite books and reporting on the progress of observable events in their classroom. Podcasting is a simple way to push this content out.
The content produced by children and teachers can now be easily shared through a subscription-based model. Podcasting endeavors by other students and teachers can be used as content sources for use within the classroom.
Examples: http://bobsprankle.com/blog/C1697218367/index.html
Sat - January 28, 2006
Room 208 Podcast: 01.27.06
Listen to the Podcast here!?25?
Enjoy the Show!
Making Podcasts
Create your content using a multimedia >
Podcast Central
Educational Podcast Network
Odeo
Social Bookmarking, Social Computing
www.johnhendron.net
Student and Teacher Weblogging
**"Web 2.0" Technologies that can be used by teachers include -
Odeo
Flickr
del.icio.us
Writeboard